Origin having an Australia Day sale, 50+ titles down to $9.99

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As the title says, EA Origin Store are having an Australia Day sale where, until January 29 (Tuesday, for those of you playing along at home) you can grab a bunch of titles for $9.99 each.

Games on sale include Dragon Age: Origins, Awakening, Dragon Age 2, Dead Space 1 and 2, Mass Effect 1 and 2, Battlefield 1942, 2142, BC2, BC2: Vietnam, and even games like Alice, Bulletstorm and Spore. Check out the full list of titles right here.

For some reason both Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins have Digital Deluxe Editions priced at the same price as the regular vanilla editions, so if you are looking to buy one of them, grab the Deluxe one instead! Weird.

Alex Walker:
The fact that they’re even charging US$10 for Spore is offensive.

The fact that people still use Origin is offensive.

I lost 5 games when i deleted that of crap software… I don’t think EA realise that I don’t want 5 different game providers on my computer. I want one that has everything… and i’ve already invested too much money in Steam to even consider Origin, plus the fact that EA don’t bother to list any titles they didn’t produce, its an inferior product… Say what you want about steam, it has a long list of games you can get on it, and is normally cheaper…

Say what you want about steam, it has a long list of games you can get on it, and is normally cheaper…

Competition is the foundation of Capitalism.

I can tell you know if steam didn’t have competition, ho boy. At least GMG and GOG provide it.

Some of the prices are pretty good, especially post-Christmas, but pre-Christmas was much cheaper (ME1+2 for $10, Crysis 1+2 for $10, BF2 I got with the Pizza Hut deal about a decade ago for $30 with 2 large pizzas and drinks).

I lost 5 games when i deleted that of crap software… I don’t think EA realise that I don’t want 5 different game providers on my computer. I want one that has everything… and i’ve already invested too much money in Steam to even consider Origin, plus the fact that EA don’t bother to list any titles they didn’t produce, its an inferior product… Say what you want about steam, it has a long list of games you can get on it, and is normally cheaper…

i think they probably do realise it, but it’s such a terrible argument. What does it matter if you’ve ‘invested’ X amount into Steam?

Origin only have their own stuff at the moment sure. Steam started exactly the same way I believe. I’m also of the understanding Origin will be expanding their catalogue in the coming year.

I find it a bit hypocritical when EA can provide Steam keys for certain titles via Origin yet refuse to sell their newer titles on Steam.

Also, most of the titles listed in that sale have doubled up on DRM when bought through Origin (SecuROM/SolidShield on top of Origin). If EA think they’re gonna get any sales of those titles from me while the second DRM layer is there, they’re living in a fantasy world.

rapid101: (ME1+2 for $10, Crysis 1+2 for $10, BF2 I got with the Pizza Hut deal about a decade ago for $30 with 2 large pizzas and drinks).

I bloody miss those. Its like hey I was going to get a pizza anyway, so a video game is a plus. Its unfortunate that it’d be associated with obesity though, freaking sucks.. there’s nothing better than a Pizza, a drink and a video game.. sure the fuck beats Doritos and Mountain Dew, who the fuck can survive on that. If they could make pizza not associated with it being fattening junk food then I’m sure we might see a return to that sort of deal. Either way though, it was shocking to see EA do something like that back in the day… I doubt they’d be that generous nowdays.

gammad: I bloody miss those. Its like hey I was going to get a pizza anyway, so a video game is a plus. Its unfortunate that it’d be associated with obesity though, freaking sucks.. there’s nothing better than a Pizza, a drink and a video game.. sure the fuck beats Doritos and Mountain Dew, who the fuck can survive on that. If they could make pizza not associated with it being fattening junk food then I’m sure we might see a return to that sort of deal. Either way though, it was shocking to see EA do something like that back in the day… I doubt they’d be that generous nowdays.

I used to pick up games from cereal boxes. THPS2 on PC was one such title.

matty: Neither Alex or Darth mentioned anything about steam. Perhaps you should learn to read instead of being a douche.

I am not being one. I am simply pointing out that Origin is not the only one doing it, and people should ether hate all of them or none of them. There the same shit in different colors. Who cares witch one you use. Just be glad your able to buy the dam game for 10 bucks. FFS.